These suggestions and strategies can help you adjust your neurology and quit smoking with ease, whether you utilise Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Hypnosis, or just Cold Turkey to quit smoking. It’s up to you to make sure you’re doing everything you can to improve your situation; the more effort you put into these workouts, the easier it will be to quit smoking for good.
Tip #1
Being a smoker is similar to cycling with stabilisers on the wheels; maintaining balance without smoking may be challenging. Now that you may ride freely again, the natural balance is restored.
Fresh air is pulled down into the lungs by the cigarette and accounts for more than half of what people breathe when they smoke. If you feel any desires, take three deeper breaths immediately away to conquer them. Breathe from the area just below your belly button. The amount of oxygen in your bloodstream increases as a result of this. This means you may use deep breathing to instantly change how you feel, giving you more control over your emotions and supporting you in letting go of old cravings, making quitting smoking simpler.
Tip #2
Consider all of the reasons you dislike smoking, why it is harmful to your health, and why you want to quit. Make a list of the key terms on a piece of paper. You’re out of breath, it’s filthy and your clothes stink, your friends and family are worried, it’s expensive, unsociable, and so on. Then write down all of the reasons why you’ll be glad once you’ve stopped on the other side of the page. You’ll feel more confident in yourself, your senses will be sharper, your hair and clothes will smell nicer, and so forth. When you need to, take a look at the piece of paper.
Tip #3
The next step is to reprogram your mind to dislike cigarettes. I’d like you to recall four times when you said to yourself, “I’ve had to quit,” or when smoking made you sick. Maybe you just felt terrible, or your doctor said, “You have to quit,” in a certain tone of voice, or someone you know was gravely affected by smoking. Consider four occasions when you felt obliged to quit smoking or were shocked by it.
Each of those memories should be remembered one by one, as if they were happening right now. I want you to revisit those memories as many times as you can, trying to make them as vivid as possible. Making those memories as vivid as possible will make quitting smoking much easier. Look at what you’ve seen, hear what you’ve heard, and feel what you’ve felt. I want you to spend a few minutes right now going over those memories again and again, overlaying each one until you’re sick of smoking.
Tip #4
Consider the consequences of continuing to smoke if you don’t quit right now. What are the consequences? Think about where you’ll be in six months, a year, or even five years if you don’t quit now. Consider all of the negative repercussions of not stopping right now, as well as how a single decision you make today can have such a large impact on your future.
Consider how much better your life will be once you have stopped smoking. Assume you’ve been successfully quitting for months. Smoking is a relic of the past, something you did once upon a time. Keep that sensation in mind and imagine yourself experiencing it tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week. Imagine stepping into your non-smoking self and experiencing what it’s like to be a non-smoker.
Because your mind is so sensitive to associations, it’s also vital that you clean up your surroundings and get rid of all cigarette products. At home and at work, rearrange some of your furniture. Smokers are used to smoking in specific circumstances. Move the phone to the other side of the desk if you used to smoke on the phone at work. trash cans, old lighters, and anything else that reminds you of smoking should be thrown out. Make an atmosphere that promotes you to stop smoking.
Tip #6
Smokers may take advantage of their habit to take small breaks throughout the day. Taking a break is good for your health, so keep doing it, but try something different. Take a walk around the block, sip some tea or water, or try out some of the techniques demonstrated on the show. If at all possible, drink a lot of fruit juice. When you stop smoking, your body changes dramatically. Blood sugar levels drop, digestion slows, and your body begins to remove the poisons and gunk that have accumulated. Fresh fruit juice contains fructose, which refills blood sugar levels, vitamin C, which aids in the removal of toxins, and large amounts of water and fibre, which aid digestion. Also, for at least two weeks after quitting, make an effort to eat fruit every day.
After you’ve stopped, lower your caffeine intake in half. Because caffeine is broken down by nicotine, if you don’t have any, a small bit of coffee will have a big impact. Drink 8-10 glasses of water to help flush your system (preferably bottled).
Tip #7
We’ll programme some pleasant feelings into your future in the same manner that cigarettes signalled your body to produce happy chemicals. Allow yourself to recall a time when you were in a feeling of ecstasy, pleasure, or delight similar to the one you are experiencing right now. Take a few moments to try to recall it as accurately as possible. Keep in mind everything you saw, heard, and how wonderful you felt at the time. To make those feelings more vivid, imagine turning up the volume on them and spreading them throughout your body.
Continue to go over the recall, and when you’re done, squeezing your thumb and finger together, go over it again and again. Make the images in your head huge and vivid, the sounds loud and harmonious, and the feelings strong and intense. We’re creating a mental association between the squeezing of your fingers and the pleasurable sensation.
Take a deep breath and come to a complete stop. When you pinch your thumb and finger together, if you performed everything correctly, you should get that lovely feeling back. Now go ahead and repeat the process, squeezing your thumb and finger and recalling how wonderful it felt.
We’ll now teach you to feel good automatically if you’re in a situation where you used to smoke but no longer do.
Next, push your thumb and finger together to create a nice sensation, and then envision yourself in a variety of situations where you would ordinarily smoke but instead feel terrific. Without needing to smoke, see and hear what you’ll see and hear, and carry that great sensation into those situations.
Consider the following scenario: someone offers you a cigarette, and you politely decline, saying, “No thanks, I don’t smoke.” And you’re overjoyed with the prospect!
Tip #8
Obtain help from society. It can be a lot easier to quit smoking for the rest of your life if you talk to your friends and family about it. They’ll also congratulate you on your achievements! You did, after all, stop smoking.
Tip #9
Check to see if you’re making excuses for yourself. Some people encourage themselves to smoke, especially if they are faced with a stressful situation and have dealt with it previously by smoking. If those old notions resurface, pronounce the word “STOP” in your head to put a stop to them. Nicotine puts even more strain on your body, and it’s like scratching an itch that won’t go away: the more you smoke, the more you have to. So yell “STOP” and keep away from sticky spots from the past.
Tip #10
Reward yourself for all of your hard work. You should be proud of your accomplishments. Feel how wonderful it is to be a nonsmoker after quitting. Reward yourself when you hit a certain milestone, such as the first week or month, or the six-month objective. Allow yourself to take pride in your accomplishments.
Continue to utilise your brain, develop it, and assist yourself by repeating these activities; you will certainly be able to make quitting smoking for good easier and easier.
